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Re:How to Write in Plain English by nicbou on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @07:30AM (#24270225)
I was just thinking about German the whole time.

I knew a German to Polish translator and she complained about how hard live translation was when a key part of the sentence is held until the very end.

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Re:How to Write in Plain English by wrycoder on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @11:07AM (#24272096)
Ten minutes into his lecture, the German professor exclaimed to his restless audience, “Don’t leave yet, I was just getting to the verb.”
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